1. KATIE DRAKE AND ANDREA CARDON WILLIAMS/LEDGER ELEMENTARY COPPERAS COVE ISD TAGT CONVENTION NOVEMBER 2012 Tech N’ Talk

2. What is Tech N Talk? Tech N Talk is a media based literature circle After school Focus on pleasure reading Technology skills Web 2.0 technologies Let’s Hear It From the Kids!

3. Introduction

4. Katie went to TAGT Andrea went to TCEA How did it start?

5. Why do we need a program like this?

6. New Technology Standards K-5th

7. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 2007

8. Combined Standards

9. Research Behind the Idea

10. Why do we need a program like this? Teachers are expected to collaborate to meet the unique needs of gifted kids Students should create independent projects leading to professional-level products Students need audiences outside the classroom and school We must address the arts, leadership, and creativity. Opportunities must be provided in voluntary environments outside the regular school day. State of-the-art technology to support appropriate services should be provided. GT Reasons National Association for the Gifted, 2000 State Board Educator Certification (SBEC), 2001 Texas Education Agency (TEA), 2009

11. Data-Who are our kids? GradeTotal Kinder 1st 2nd 3rd4 4th14 5th13 Total31 GenderTotal Male18 Female13 EthnicityTotal Asian2 American Indian2 Black6 Hispanic4 Pacific Islander0 White12 Multi5 Total31 Data from 2011-2012

12. Data-What did they do? Data analysis of Reading Benchmarks in 2011-2012 Repeating club members who increased scores 75% Members who increased reading scores while in the club 64% Average gain in reading scores 17 points on a 100 points scale *Largest gain 41 points

13. Steps to Building the Club

14. First Steps to Building the Club Submitted a proposal to principal Chose a book, day, time, and place Found funding, bought books Created application and spread the word Created application Found activities online to supplement book, created a timeline for activitiestimeline for activities Decided on end product-Digital Media Contest (1 st semester)Digital Media Contest Built our webpage and blogwebpageblog

15. Recruitment

16. Posters around school Morning announcements Personal contact in class, lunch, and library Video can be shown for a peer perspective

17. Challenges

18. Things We Learned/Challenges Recruitment of members Blogging- Unwanted participants Kids not blogging on their own Unsupportive parents Competing with other afterschool events Losing club members to rezoning of schools Funding for books How to make use of blogging tools like pre- scheduling posts.

19. Technology We Use

21. Grants

22. We were awarded over $3000 from the Copperas Cove Education Foundation to help fund books, zip drives, T-Shirts, and a trip to Medieval Times in Dallas to support the theme of our last book.Copperas Cove Education Foundation

23. Grant Sources Barbara Bush Foundation http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/site/c.jhLSK2PALmF/b.4425435/k.544A/Current_Funding_Opportunities.htm Digital Wish http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grant_awards ALA American Library Association (big list!) http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm NEA https://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/grant-application/ Teachers Count http://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml#cscitechhttp://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml#cscitech (Technology) http://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml Kathy Schrock’s Guide http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/business/grants.html National Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/grants/elem Wal-Mart http://foundation.walmart.com/apply-for-grants Donors Choose http://www.donorschoose.org/

24. Conclusion This presentation will be posted on our Tech N’Talk webpage (found at our school library site) or at our Livebinder.school library site Livebinder Please take a brochure for a reminder Questions? Comments?

25. back

28. Our Website

29. Teacher approved sources

30. Schedule

31. Blog Post Sample

32. Posting a comment

33. Publish/Preview

34. Awaiting Moderation

35. Posted Comments

36. Student Comments

37. Behind the Scenes

38. Schedule Post

39. Labels

40. Pages

42. Layout

43. Gadgets

44. Settings/ Posts and Comments

45. Add Author

46. Time Back